Controller

What Summer Consultants can do for you

• Provide the opportunity to lead an essential business function in a stable, well-respected consulting firm.
• Give you meaningful influence over accounting operations, financial reporting, project accounting workflows, and process improvement.
• Offer the chance to strengthen and improve the firm’s use of Deltek Vantagepoint in a project-based environment.
• Provide visibility and partnership with leadership and operational teams.
• Offer a succession-oriented opportunity with room to grow into broader finance leadership over time.
• Provide a collaborative, small-firm environment where your work will be visible and matter.

What you can do for Summer Consultants

• Lead the monthly, quarterly, and annual close process with accuracy, consistency, and timeliness.
• Produce timely, accurate financial statements and supporting reports.
• Ensure financial reporting is timely, consistent, and GAAP-compliant.
• Ensure project reporting, including WIP, revenue-related reporting, and job cost, reconciles to the general ledger.
• Oversee day-to-day accounting operations, including accounts payable, accounts receivable, billing, payroll support, general ledger activity, and reconciliations.
• Review journal entries, reconciliations, and other close-related accounting outputs.
• Ensure transactions are recorded accurately and in the proper accounting period.
• Supervise and develop accounting staff while building accountability for deadlines, quality, and accuracy.
• Strengthen project accounting practices, including billing workflows, labor cost allocation, expense coding, and project financial data integrity.
• Lead improvements in how Deltek Vantagepoint is used across finance and project operations, including workflows that support project setup, billing, WIP visibility, revenue-related reporting, and project financial discipline.
• Build and refine internal controls, standard processes, and financial workflows that reduce risk and improve consistency.
• Apply appropriate accounting treatment to non-routine or complex transactions.
• Oversee audit preparation and support tax, regulatory, and reporting compliance requirements.
• Maintain the integrity of the accounting system and chart of accounts.
• Help reduce dependence on individual institutional knowledge by building durable processes, documentation, and controls.
• Support a finance function that delivers reliable data, strong controls, and better project-level visibility.

What you should bring with you

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• 8+ years of progressive accounting or finance experience, including meaningful ownership of close, financial reporting, and accounting operations.
• Experience in a project-based professional services environment, ideally AEC, consulting, or similar.
• Strong knowledge of financial reporting, general ledger accounting, reconciliations, close management, internal controls, and GAAP-based accounting practices.
• Experience overseeing day-to-day accounting operations, including AP, AR, billing, payroll coordination, and general ledger activities.
• Experience reviewing journal entries, reconciliations, and close-related accounting work.
• Experience supervising and developing accounting staff.
• Strong systems and process improvement orientation.
• Experience with Deltek Vantagepoint strongly preferred.
• Experience with project accounting, billing, WIP, labor cost allocation, revenue-related reporting, and project financial data management strongly preferred.
• Experience leading or materially improving financial systems, workflows, or ERP-supported process discipline strongly preferred.
• CPA preferred.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong planning, organization, and follow-through.
• Able to work effectively with both finance staff and non-financial operational leaders.
• A high level of discretion, sound judgment, and attention to detail.

Company Benefits

• 100% paid employee-only health insurance with 50% of family premiums paid.
• $350 per month Opt-Out Credit for those with proof of other insurance.
• Dental and vision insurance are available.
• 401(k) with 7 – 8% employer contribution annually.
• Fully paid short-term disability, long-term disability, and group life insurance.
• Eleven (11) paid holidays and twenty-two (22) days of paid time off per year.
• Education Assistance Program.